Mobilization of domestic revenue- from nearly 0 (2001) to 4+% of GDP (2003)

Four fold increase roughly of GDP per capita to $600

GDP purchasing power parity has risen steadily since 2002

GDP per capita

DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE

Afghanistan’s Public Works Ministry announced that a 7.7 kilometer road will be built in Maimana, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern province of Faryab

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mines and the state-owned China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC) signed an agreement today in Kabul in which the Chinese firm agreed to construct a railway corridor in Afghanistan.

New road network connecting cities within Afghanistan to neighbours

Creation of six industrial parks totalling more than 1,250 hectares (3,000 acres) to expedite professional, high quality industrial investments

FACILIATING INVESTMENT, ENCOURAGING BUSINESS

The country's untapped minerals, including gold, iron, copper and cobalt, is valued by a U.S. estimate at nearly $1 trillion

Afghanistan is remarkably rich in mineral resources. There are currently more than 1,400 identified mineral deposits. These include energy minerals such as oil, gas and coal as well as iron and copper deposits of world quality

Since the year 2003, a total of $5.6 billion has been invested by the private sector in Afghanistan